John Muria

Sir
Sir Gilbert John Baptist Muria
Sir Sir Gilbert John Baptist Muria
Chief Justice of Solomon Islands
	In office; 1992–2003
Judge of the High Court of Sierra Leone
	In office; 2003–2006
Justice of the Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone
	In office; 2003–2006
Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
	In office; 2003–2006
Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize
	In office; 2007–2010
Chief Justice of the High Court of Kiribati
	In office; 2011–2020
Judge of the High Court of Tuvalu
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 72–73)
Nationality	Solomon Islander
Occupation	Judge

Sir Gilbert John Baptist Muria is a Solomon Islands judge and was the first indigenous Solomon Islander to be Chief Justice of Solomon Islands.

Muria was born in 1953.^[1] He was Chief Justice of Solomon islands from 1992 to 2003.^[1] He then sat as a judge on the courts of Sierra Leone from 2003 to 2006, sitting on each of the High Court of Sierra Leone, the Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone, and the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone. In 2007, the Commonwealth Secretariat facilitated Muria becoming a justice of the Supreme Court of Belize, where he remained until 2010. Muria was Chief Justice of the High Court of Kiribati from 2011 to 2020.^[1]

Muria was appointed as the Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University, which was officially launched on 18 April 2013.

In 2021, Muria was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Tuvalu.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Judiciary Kiribati - Chief Justices of Kiribati". 9 September 2024. Archived from the original on 9 September 2024.
^ "Government Appoints First High Court Judge". Tuvalu Paradise - Issue No. 01/2021. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.